4.3.99
गोत्रक्षत्रियाख्येभ्यो बहुलं वुञ्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix वुञ् comes diversely in the sense of 'this is his object of veneration' after a word denoting गोत्र (Patronymic) or a क्षत्रिय.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context - क्षत्रिय- आख्येभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term बहुलम् prathamā · ekavacanaSubstitute / term वु prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Commentary
The affix वुञ् comes diversely in the sense of 'this is his object of veneration' after a word denoting गोत्र (Patronymic) or a क्षत्रिय।
This debars अण् and छ. Thus: ग्लौचुकायनक 'who loves or serves &c Gluchukayani.' So also औपगवकः, कापटवकः ॥ Kshatriyas:- नाकुलकः, साहदेवकः, साम्बकः ॥
The word आख्यां in the sutra indicates that the words should be the names of well-known or famous Kshatriyas, and not of any body who is a Kshatriya by profession.
The word बहुल shows the non-universality of this rule. Thus पाणिनोर्भक्तिरस्य = पाणिनीयः, पौरवीयः ॥
The word गोत्र in does not mean here the Grammatical Gotra, but a word formed by a patronymic affix in general.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.